PHP FILTER_SANITIZE_URL Filter
What is FILTER_SANITIZE_URL in PHP?
Explanation
PHP FILTER_SANITIZE_URL is used to remove all unwanted special characters from the given URL. It allows letters, digits and the following special characters $-_.+!*'(),{}|\^~[]`"><#%;/?:@&=
Name: "url"
ID-number: 518
Result :
http://www.hscrips.com
In the above example, the unwanted special characters from the given url is removed and output is given in the above result.
Name: "url"
ID-number: 518
Example :
<?php
$var="http://www.hscrip�s@$.com+";
echo filter_var($var, FILTER_SANITIZE_URL); ?>
$var="http://www.hscrip�s@$.com+";
echo filter_var($var, FILTER_SANITIZE_URL); ?>
Result :
http://www.hscrips.com
In the above example, the unwanted special characters from the given url is removed and output is given in the above result.
